Publications

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June 2020: Justice Rajiv Narrain Raina, Punjab and Haryana High Court, quotes Courting Desire as part of his judgement (pages 4-5)!

Podcast | Rama Srinivasan, "Courting Desire: Litigating for Love in…Rama Srinivasan, "Courting Desire: Litigating for Love in North India" (Rutgers UP, 2020)

April 2022: Courting Desire was also featured on the New Books Network (Gender Studies) Podcast

July 2020: BBC Punjabi Coverage for the book

My new book project: Love, Modernity & Paperwork: A History of Civil Marriage

Tracing the her- and his-stories of marriage

Current Blogs in English and German

ramareviews.substack.com/

inderinbayerin.substack.com/

Writing in News and Digital Media, Lexicon Entries & More

Recently published...

From Rama Reviews (Blog):

Finding Feminism via Democracy About Angela Merkel’s Freiheit: Erinnerungen 1954–2021 (Audiobook version in German)

Whose Story is it Anyway?The Sound of Music - reinterpreted by Landestheater Niederbayern

From Indian Express:

Dear Editor, I disagree: I am a German citizen. Engaging with the far-right isn’t so simpleThe biggest problem with progressive parties isn’t that they haven’t spoken to the right, it’s that they haven’t underlined their commitment to universal human rights.

Liberalism requires leaders with ideological clarity, not more commentary on hypothetical liberals

indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/why-zohran-mamdani-embodies-what-indian-liberals-only-preach-10343665/?ref=opinion_pg

From my German Blog:

"Nach mir die Sinflut!"Germany and Merz as seen through the eyes of an immigrant woman of colour

Das Leben ist eine KonjunktivII-ÜbungAlles was man werden kann, alles was man werden könnte, und alles was nie möglich war, zu werden.

Deutsch Lernen, Deutsch WerdenMein Weg zum Deutschsein

The Complete List - Sort of...

Why ‘Chamkila’ should make us think about caste realitiesIndians' art, sexuality were stigmatised by the colonial state. Why haven't we gotten rid of that legacy?

Men demand, women compromise: Marriage according to Sima Taparia in Indian MatchmakingRama Srinivasan writes: Men in the Netflix show, Indian Matchmaking, often appear to be frozen in time. But the women, even in their self-absorption, are refreshingly confident.

Entries on Amar Akbar Anthony & Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown:

Two Shah Rukh Khan films, two political worldviews‘Pathaan was a counsellor, holding our hand as we worked through our issues, but Jawan believes we do not have time to wallow in self-pity.’

The collective effervescence of Shah Rukh Khan - The Current‘Pathaan’ is a frustrating film because it does not want to make things too difficult but it also does not want to take the easy way out. It does not mind being silly but it certainly will not become stupid. Perhaps to resolve these contradictory impulses, it chooses to be a fan-service film, something that […]

The Power of Simple Pleasures
A Hrishikesh Mukherjee tribute
"The key conflict in these films [Golmaal & Khoobsurat] ... is not the choice of a romantic partner but that of a larger worldview, of which marriage forms a small part. The figure of authority proposes to turn the youth into humourless slaves to their designated role in family and society."

Of Angry Women and Insecure Men – Hindi cinema and the MeToo Age: Rama Srinivasan

Queer Times in Bollywood, In Edited Volume: Handbook on Indian Cinema. Routledge. London.

‘Gaylords’ of Bollywood: Politics of Desire in Hindi Cinema. Economic and Political Weekly.

Arts vs Politics: A contentious debate engulfing India - The Current

Pragya Thakur, Kerala Story and Cupid’s arrow – a very filmy political tale

AND MORE...

Dynastic politics, sons and nephews – why reinvention may be more important than family ties

Germany’s Özil Moment

BOOK REVIEW

Lawyer-author Rohin Bhatt’s book offers an eyewitness account of the fight for queer marriage rights in India

Berlin Wall, Kartarpur and Ayodhya: A Whirlwind Weekend for a South AsianNations are as historian Benedict Anderson told us created in the minds as much as they are through physical borders

Being Indian, Becoming European: Personhood and Belonging in Marriage Migration Patterns in Europe. Journal of Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale.

Immigrant Researching versus Immigration Research. As part of the blog series on Reflexivities in Migration Studies, launched by the IMISCOE Standing Committee and nccr – on the move.